U.S. Green Building Council, Alabama Chapter May Meeting

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The Sustainable Sites Initiative is an interdisciplinary partnership
between the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird
Johnson Wildflower Center, the United States Botanic Garden and a
diverse group of stakeholder organizations to develop guidelines and
standards for landscape sustainability.

The motivation behind this initiative stems from the desire to protect and enhance the ability of landscapes to provide services such as climate regulation, clean air and water, and improved quality of life. Sustainable Sites™ is a cooperative effort with the intention of supplementing existing green building and landscape guidelines as well as becoming a stand-alone tool for site sustainability.

The US Green Building Council (USGBC), a stakeholder in the initiative, anticipates incorporating these guidelines and standards into future iterations of the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™.

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THANK YOU to the Alabama State Council on the Arts – Alabama Arts License Tag Program for supporting Your Town Alabama. To all of our Your Town Alabama communities, we invite you to support the Alabama Arts License Tag Grant Program. The purpose of the Program is to promote the arts in Alabama, especially arts education, including fine arts, dance, folk arts, drama and music. A six-person volunteer committee governs the program. Committee members serve on a voluntary basis and one member is appointed by each of the following organizations or individuals: the Alabama State Council on the Arts, The Alabama Alliance for Arts Education, the State Department of Education, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.